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mitt romney 47% and barack obama guns and religion. >> this morning i just ran 47%. how many media outlets? dozen last one day wore one week or one month? guns was relatively short. three weeks. mitt romney 47% we have not seen the end of it. it is about one month. the stories drop-off but they are drug backend by opponents or events. i am sure coming out of the presidential debate they will wonder if he will respond to that. at issue which gaf we need to pay attention to. represent a character flaw or the incapacity to act? or just normal things? >> if they are hanging out in the public with the internet, youtube distributed more broadly and quickly is the hour cable -- archival capability we can see what barack obama said 1998. were mitt romney by the way not one bit of coverage of 47% in may. there was a fund-raising event but nobody pulled the story in may. not until the video popped up that came back into the process. >> host: what politicians have made mistakes in the past better fatal? >> working backwards, rick perry wants to be the republican nominee he says
mitt romney 47% and barack obama guns and religion. >> this morning i just ran 47%. how many media outlets? dozen last one day wore one week or one month? guns was relatively short. three weeks. mitt romney 47% we have not seen the end of it. it is about one month. the stories drop-off but they are drug backend by opponents or events. i am sure coming out of the presidential debate they will wonder if he will respond to that. at issue which gaf we need to pay attention to. represent a...
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to the religion of the states. as of this is a difficult space that mitt romney has to negotiate. and let me just sort of lay out why his mormonism is an issue for him. back in 2008 when he was first running along with some colleagues and of the brigham young university and the university of akron we did a number of experts mass of people and i know it sounds like we brought them in loud and put them with needles and such but all we need is on a survey some people wanted of question and ask other people another type of question and compare the results depending on how we phrase the question in order to in this case determine how people react to learning that mitt romney is either a local leader in his church where we will show you in a few moments in local leader in the mormon church of you interpret this is if it is 00 it means what we told folks made them less likely to vote for romney did these things here and if they cross zero it means we actually have can't say that there was any effect whatsoever it measures
to the religion of the states. as of this is a difficult space that mitt romney has to negotiate. and let me just sort of lay out why his mormonism is an issue for him. back in 2008 when he was first running along with some colleagues and of the brigham young university and the university of akron we did a number of experts mass of people and i know it sounds like we brought them in loud and put them with needles and such but all we need is on a survey some people wanted of question and ask...
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was right and other religions were wrong. in fact, he studied the koran very carefully and concluded that authentic islam was our greatest allies, america's greatest ally and conquering al qaeda and helping to lead and inspire the world and i thought it was a radical insight and it certainly changed my views. heave is fascinated with arab culture, arab food, arab poetry. he learned arabic thanks to the military for over a year. he studied arabic intensively and he traveled to the middle east. kuwait, jordan and plunged into middle eastern culture and he loved it. he became a special forces support soldier and he went to afghanistan in 2002 in the first wave of american soldiers to strike al qaeda and the taliban after 9/11 and he won a bronze star for the troops in combat there. now in 2005 he was assigned to be the tribal affairs officer for the u.s. military in ramadi iraq which was, one journalist called it the most messed up place on the year. reporters scampered through the ruins of ramadi and said this reminds me of ima
was right and other religions were wrong. in fact, he studied the koran very carefully and concluded that authentic islam was our greatest allies, america's greatest ally and conquering al qaeda and helping to lead and inspire the world and i thought it was a radical insight and it certainly changed my views. heave is fascinated with arab culture, arab food, arab poetry. he learned arabic thanks to the military for over a year. he studied arabic intensively and he traveled to the middle east....
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want to talk about religion. we were worried that our response would be very low. especially my co-author who lives in cambridge, massachusetts, where there's like three people who go to church. [laughter] but it turns out that wasn't the case at all. in fact, when we met with the company that did the surveys for us and we explained we're going to do this big survey, and it's going to be on religion, and we mentioned to them, well, we're very concerned about the response rate, they said, oh, don't worry. it's not going to be a problem. we do 90-minute surveys on mutual funds. that's a problem. and it turned out they were right. the response rate we had on our survey was actually very high by the standards of modern polling, and the reason is that most americans -- this may come as a shock in southern california, but i assure you it would not be shocking to an audience in south bend, indiana -- most americans are very comfortable talking about religion. they actually like talking about it. we listened in on a few
want to talk about religion. we were worried that our response would be very low. especially my co-author who lives in cambridge, massachusetts, where there's like three people who go to church. [laughter] but it turns out that wasn't the case at all. in fact, when we met with the company that did the surveys for us and we explained we're going to do this big survey, and it's going to be on religion, and we mentioned to them, well, we're very concerned about the response rate, they said, oh,...
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romney's financial wealth, but his overall life, his family, the religion is immaterial to me. you know, you take a look, he's been successful financially. his personal life is successful you know, it seems to me most people in life when they go through, they get failures here and there, but maybe this man has a midus touch. you look at his personal touch, five strapping sons, grandchildren, he's healthy as a horse and his young sons seem as healthy as horses, so i think some of it could be just plain jealousy and on the financial wealth issue, a lot of my democratic brethren who support barack obama happen to be jewish and they're also liberal and ones that i don't know are much wealthier than barack obama. look at the hedge fund managers, the top ones, they are the guys and as far as just financial wealth, they leave mitt romney in the dust. >> thanks. >> well, mitt romney has essentially taken the argument recently that there is a jealousy issue there. he used that word, as i recall it. the way i would respond to that is the issue that's come up in the campaign directly from
romney's financial wealth, but his overall life, his family, the religion is immaterial to me. you know, you take a look, he's been successful financially. his personal life is successful you know, it seems to me most people in life when they go through, they get failures here and there, but maybe this man has a midus touch. you look at his personal touch, five strapping sons, grandchildren, he's healthy as a horse and his young sons seem as healthy as horses, so i think some of it could be...
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i am basically a student of history of religion in the united states. if that's what your interest income it's hard not to get somewhat interest in the latter day saints but it's such a colorful and dramatic story. profit, persecution, polygamy. i got into the project in a way of learning more about mormonism as the church and as a religion. and also because brigham young is such a figure of broader significance in the 19th century america spent of course the most famous american today in america is mitt romney. does the romney family of interaction with brigham young clammed? >> i'm sure there are many romney descendents and brigham young descendents that know each other. you know, the church, even though it's much bigger still early tightknit institution, and especially in utah. it means a lot if you have ancestors that go way back to the pioneer era of the church. and, obviously, the young's do spit and the romney's to as well. why did the romney family, end up in mexico? >> they ended up in mexico because i believe mitt romney's great-grandfather pr
i am basically a student of history of religion in the united states. if that's what your interest income it's hard not to get somewhat interest in the latter day saints but it's such a colorful and dramatic story. profit, persecution, polygamy. i got into the project in a way of learning more about mormonism as the church and as a religion. and also because brigham young is such a figure of broader significance in the 19th century america spent of course the most famous american today in...
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you brought up religion. religion does not enter in political discussion in europe even though they have state religions in france and england why are so many americans fixated on fief of your them their own? i am not a romney supporter but believe it should have no relative of the -- >> relevance. >> we will call that bearing. with a still fighting the civil war? >> that's a lot of good questions that i don't have an answer to. i really don't know why religion is some important in the country founded on the principal of freedom from religion to be i do think that there were a lot of religious zealots in the founders. there were some people but wanted freedom of religion as a leader they could impose their own religion on the rest of us. i think the wheat -- one of the things i think we do, liberals and conservatives and effect as the founders but in fact they disagree about everything except for independence from great britain. in terms of romney's mormon religion shouldn't play a role no, it should not. but
you brought up religion. religion does not enter in political discussion in europe even though they have state religions in france and england why are so many americans fixated on fief of your them their own? i am not a romney supporter but believe it should have no relative of the -- >> relevance. >> we will call that bearing. with a still fighting the civil war? >> that's a lot of good questions that i don't have an answer to. i really don't know why religion is some...
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when you talk about the old constitutional world and the new constitutional world when it comes to religion? >> guest: well, for most of our nation's history, it was the states rather than federal government that
when you talk about the old constitutional world and the new constitutional world when it comes to religion? >> guest: well, for most of our nation's history, it was the states rather than federal government that
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a lot of the books, while they would necessarily be associated with a religion, have a moralistic or a kind of do good tone to them. and we really felt that that is more representative of america. than would be a particular religious books. so we tried to look at the values of america, her spiritual sort of persona, rather than looking at particular religious books. >> how did you get your start here at the library of congress? >> oh, my goodness. well, i started here over 30 years ago as the first special assistant to the law librarians, fairly fresh out of law school. i absolutely fell in love with the library of congress, and 30 plus years ago, as today, you cannot keep me aay. i'm going to work every morning. and i think that working here and being here surrounded by books, manuscripts, musical scores, movies, the whole gamut of what really is knowledge in america is such a thrill, and such a privilege, that you are really going to have trouble getting me to retire. >> is this exhibit open to the public and how long? >> it's entirely over to the public. it will be open through th
a lot of the books, while they would necessarily be associated with a religion, have a moralistic or a kind of do good tone to them. and we really felt that that is more representative of america. than would be a particular religious books. so we tried to look at the values of america, her spiritual sort of persona, rather than looking at particular religious books. >> how did you get your start here at the library of congress? >> oh, my goodness. well, i started here over 30 years...
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there was some catholic stuff, but he basically had his own religion and wrote a weird book called small like "the secret history of the universe revealed through a cult science in detroit, michigan." [laughter] which i almost used for my title, but then i -- [laughter] >> publishers were like, oh -- >> not into it. [laughter] just to tell the story very quickly, he ended up -- he and the entire family were brutally, you know, gruesomely murdered, beheaded, and, you know, his children killed as well, and it was a big sensational story at the time, and we can go through the free press archives and find all the coverage. it was never solved. at a certain point, i realizedded it was not far from where i was living over in eastern market. i walked there to check it out, and it's, you know, where the house was is just a field now. i just filedded that away, and then, yeah, weirdly enough, probably a year later, there was another murder, like, almost literally across the street. it was a drug thing, and these kids were trying to scare -- there were two rival drug houses in the town, and they w
there was some catholic stuff, but he basically had his own religion and wrote a weird book called small like "the secret history of the universe revealed through a cult science in detroit, michigan." [laughter] which i almost used for my title, but then i -- [laughter] >> publishers were like, oh -- >> not into it. [laughter] just to tell the story very quickly, he ended up -- he and the entire family were brutally, you know, gruesomely murdered, beheaded, and, you know,...
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sort of there was some catholic stuff in his called but he basically made up his own religion and this really weird book called something like the secret history of the universe as revealed through occult science in detroit, michigan. i almost used that for my title. he ended up he and his entire family were brutally gruesomely murdered. they were be headed, his children were killed as well, and it was a big sensational story at the time. you can go through the free press archives and find all this coverage and it was never solved. at a certain point i realized it was not far from where i was living so i walked over to check it out and where his house was, so i filed that way and we're the enough, probably a year later there was another murder almost literally across the street. it was a drug thing and these kids were trying to -- their ridge two rival drug houses, they were trying -- these two teenagers were trying to scare off radicals and to do this they ended up killing and then dismembering this guy and scattering body parts around literally across the street from this other murde
sort of there was some catholic stuff in his called but he basically made up his own religion and this really weird book called something like the secret history of the universe as revealed through occult science in detroit, michigan. i almost used that for my title. he ended up he and his entire family were brutally gruesomely murdered. they were be headed, his children were killed as well, and it was a big sensational story at the time. you can go through the free press archives and find all...
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institutions and by that i mean congress presidency, banks, newspapers, tv news, science, organized religion are at or near all-time lows. there is one institution in american life that has gained confidence. the only institution in american life that is trusted a great deal by a majority of respondents. that of course is the united states armed forces. least trusted in american life is the united states congress. the approval ratings as he sat on show before are below paris hilton and the u.s. going communist. [laughter] say you have a situation right now in which the least trusted just an american life is the backdrop for foundation is dilution and article i the representative legislative body. the most trusted institution is the standing army the founders of for and didn't want us to have. that strikes me as somewhat strange institutionally and gave piazza then the question becomes, why do we have this lack of trust? there's more or less two theories. one and this is something you see david works right about occasionally. the problem isn't the institution. affiliates are forming poorly. i
institutions and by that i mean congress presidency, banks, newspapers, tv news, science, organized religion are at or near all-time lows. there is one institution in american life that has gained confidence. the only institution in american life that is trusted a great deal by a majority of respondents. that of course is the united states armed forces. least trusted in american life is the united states congress. the approval ratings as he sat on show before are below paris hilton and the u.s....
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. >> in your book you talk about church and religion. there was a whole history played out. you describe the type of architectural luxuries in white churches. and the difference between what was accessible. you think that another reason why immigration is so difficult is because the black community feels they are losing those institutions and they feel as if integration means speaking up for what you have and moving over. instead of the white community picking up and coming in with negotiation? >> why people are going to pick up and come this way because you can't integrate 65% into 12%. what happened in this town from the last chapter of the book, as i went and looked at churches. whether or not you have a religious institution, we all have something that we partake in. in the 1800s, under reconstruction, catholics went to church together in louisiana. it was okay, it wasn't great, but you released under the same roof. along came jim crow. out of new orleans. segregation started gaining deeper root in society. whites didn't want to go to church with black people either. the
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your american tax dollars pay for workshops teaching the police and military that islam is an evil religion out to destroy america in which must therefore be destroyed first. workshops go on all the time, well funded by the government, your dollars. again, it's civilization against the is a -- savages. george canyon said making a monolith out of communism was a gross misunderstanding and huge conflicts, for example, between russia and china. because this requires card board figures, american presidents from truman on paid no attention to his advice. a similar thing now exists with respect to islam. only 10% of american muslims are actually religious. for most of them, islam is more of a social thing than anything else. it's like the jews, go to synagogue, talk to people, and eat. you know, even then, few religious muslims are jihads, but when your identity is a negative one, this type of nuance has to be kept out of one's consciousness. americans regard pakistan as a dark and awful place, the country that hid bin laden from the american troops or that harbors al-qaeda operatives, hence our
your american tax dollars pay for workshops teaching the police and military that islam is an evil religion out to destroy america in which must therefore be destroyed first. workshops go on all the time, well funded by the government, your dollars. again, it's civilization against the is a -- savages. george canyon said making a monolith out of communism was a gross misunderstanding and huge conflicts, for example, between russia and china. because this requires card board figures, american...
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i don't want it to be a battle over religion. so much good and bad can come out of religion. but i think it's amazing how much we can agree on, and i felt like i didn't want to put out there something that people could consecutive agree on, so there's no politics, religion, my dodd is better than your god. heroes for my daughter was never to be about that. it was to be about what can all agree on and there are some things that are inarguable, like whether it's your english teacher or your mother, but picking people like rosa parks and that we know and can see. things i found usefully. whatever your religion, we can all agree on. and that's what wanted it to be about. >> host: that's the last word. here again is the cover of brad meltzer's most recent nonfiction, "heroes four my daughter." his information thriller comes out in january of 2013. thank you for joining us here in miami. >> james mcpherson presents a history of the universe naval forces during the civil war, now on booktv. mr. mcpherson reports on the impact that each nave where made during the war, from union nava
i don't want it to be a battle over religion. so much good and bad can come out of religion. but i think it's amazing how much we can agree on, and i felt like i didn't want to put out there something that people could consecutive agree on, so there's no politics, religion, my dodd is better than your god. heroes for my daughter was never to be about that. it was to be about what can all agree on and there are some things that are inarguable, like whether it's your english teacher or your...
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very quickly, on jackson and religion, he is very interesting. he resisted calls beginning in 1827 for the formation of a christian party and politics. a man who became more notable for his part in the great sex scandals of all time, which, that is a whole another evening. there was a lot of lust and a lot of hearts. [laughter] it's going to wait. it's going away. it is hard to do 40 year old political humor. god, i'm going to pay for that. [laughter] he resisted the formation. he wrote an interesting letter about it. eli had written that the duty of christian freemen to elect christian rule goals. jackson robaxin no, that liberty of conscience is more important. the blessings secured by our constitution. he refused to join the presbyterian church while he was still in public life because he believed he would be doing it for clinical reasons. he went to church a lot. rachel went more often when she was alive. he refused to sign proclamations for national day of more often e was alive. he refused to sign proclamations for national day of pray rach
very quickly, on jackson and religion, he is very interesting. he resisted calls beginning in 1827 for the formation of a christian party and politics. a man who became more notable for his part in the great sex scandals of all time, which, that is a whole another evening. there was a lot of lust and a lot of hearts. [laughter] it's going to wait. it's going away. it is hard to do 40 year old political humor. god, i'm going to pay for that. [laughter] he resisted the formation. he wrote an...
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. >> in the section of your book where you're talking about church and religion, you made a -- there was a whole history that played out where black catholics really did not want to leave their church. and you describe the kind of architectural luxury in the white church and then the difference between -- >> right. >> -- what was accessible architecturally, structurally. um, it took a long time, it seemed to me when i read, for the two masses, for the two congregations to come together because there had been this church that had a tradition, and in the end everybody ended up picking up and going -- >> to the white church. >> do you think that another reason why integration is so difficult is because the black community feel like they are losing -- >> right. >> -- losing those institutions, because they feel as if they're being -- integration means picking up from what you had and moving over instead of the white community picking up and coming in with negotiations? >> right. well, white people aren't going to pick up and come this way because you can't integrate 65% into 12%. what ha
. >> in the section of your book where you're talking about church and religion, you made a -- there was a whole history that played out where black catholics really did not want to leave their church. and you describe the kind of architectural luxury in the white church and then the difference between -- >> right. >> -- what was accessible architecturally, structurally. um, it took a long time, it seemed to me when i read, for the two masses, for the two congregations to come...
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gin of africa, recipients of the nobel prize of literature discuss africa's culture, religion, history and identity. look for these titles in bookstores this
gin of africa, recipients of the nobel prize of literature discuss africa's culture, religion, history and identity. look for these titles in bookstores this
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birth control sterilization and the morning after pill because they consider to be an assault on their religion as this. when the president did not withdraw those regulations but, in fact, double down the, he awoke it giant in america called the roman catholic church. he is going to rue the day that he did that command of tell you why. there is a great myth in western storytelling. dates back to the eliot. the super hero who was asleep. you wonder where that super hero is. achilles will not come out because he is mad at the others. rage. he only comes out after he has been threatened. dealt with. and the room because the church basically left the field of politics in 1968 and has not been effectively energized in politics for 40 years. they are now back. they're led by cardinal timothy dolan. the ships up and down this country laypeople up and down this country, religious up and down this country who believe that the obama administration rightly has leveled a direct attack on their ability to be catholic. that is not going to pass unnoticed in states like ohio, michigan, pennsylvania where the
birth control sterilization and the morning after pill because they consider to be an assault on their religion as this. when the president did not withdraw those regulations but, in fact, double down the, he awoke it giant in america called the roman catholic church. he is going to rue the day that he did that command of tell you why. there is a great myth in western storytelling. dates back to the eliot. the super hero who was asleep. you wonder where that super hero is. achilles will not...
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also this weekend jeff charlotte on religion in america from sweet heaven when i die. tonight at 8. and sunday night at 8:15, jay we canler on understanding our -- wexler on understanding our constitution by looking at the odd clauses. booktv, everything weekend on c-span2. >> up next, historian george daughan recounts the naval battles between america and britain during the war of 1812. he examines how the american navy, a fleet of only 20 ships, outmaneuvered their opponent and supported the u.s. army's ground forces. this is just over an hour. >> good evening. my name's dan, i'm the owner of water street bookstore. thank you all for coming out tonight as we continue the celebration of our 20th anniversary with a reprieve of george daughan's appearance here for his first book, "if by sea." when he first came here, it was a revelation to all of us to have someone of george's caliber talking about the birth of the american navy. and now he's gone on to write a book called "1812:2 the navy's war." the tactic that the navy used to fight off the royal navy. george is an eminent histori
also this weekend jeff charlotte on religion in america from sweet heaven when i die. tonight at 8. and sunday night at 8:15, jay we canler on understanding our -- wexler on understanding our constitution by looking at the odd clauses. booktv, everything weekend on c-span2. >> up next, historian george daughan recounts the naval battles between america and britain during the war of 1812. he examines how the american navy, a fleet of only 20 ships, outmaneuvered their opponent and...
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a lot of people know that newton had an interest in religion and part of the reason he got into it and trying to explain the world around it. a book that was by someone famous, in this we found this on a shelf in a small room here that has done it on its own by a former president. we did photocopies this bookplate and send it to the curator of the collection at harvard and to verify it, since the book was printed several years before roosevelt was born. his father was also named theodore roosevelt and this one indicates it might have belonged to his son who was also named theodore roosevelt. this sounds like a book that roosevelt would own and it is a book about hunting and fishing. and country characters. they did and own it at one time. one of the things i find most interesting is when people who used to own the material left their names and notes, and gets fascinating stories of the people. we have one book, life after death is the topic and with don't buy a woman who was here in town who had written frantic notes through the book, desperately hoping. apparently from her notes she l
a lot of people know that newton had an interest in religion and part of the reason he got into it and trying to explain the world around it. a book that was by someone famous, in this we found this on a shelf in a small room here that has done it on its own by a former president. we did photocopies this bookplate and send it to the curator of the collection at harvard and to verify it, since the book was printed several years before roosevelt was born. his father was also named theodore...
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but he put right in the charter free, freedom of religion which was not the case in massachusetts and elsewhere. so it was, ironically, charles sort of put the stamp of approval on williams' ideas even though, obviously, the other ideas of the revolution went out the window. yeah. >> what did he maim of cromwellian's suppression? >> the question was, what did he make of cromwellian's suppression? he didn't care much for it. it made him feel quite awkward. he needed cromwell's support. as i said, he was the only person in massachusetts he was afraid of. if you know about cromwell's suppression, you know who henry vein was. you know he was the second most powerful person other than cromwell in england. hen rhode island -- henry, every day he stayed in sean's house and, gwen, that's a pretty good -- again, that's a pretty good ally. they bonded in an indian war in american, came to america, government of massachusetts, went back to england. and vane, of course, stood up to cromwell in parliament, and cromwell says sir henry vane god -- wish i remembered the quote. it's a great quote. [la
but he put right in the charter free, freedom of religion which was not the case in massachusetts and elsewhere. so it was, ironically, charles sort of put the stamp of approval on williams' ideas even though, obviously, the other ideas of the revolution went out the window. yeah. >> what did he maim of cromwellian's suppression? >> the question was, what did he make of cromwellian's suppression? he didn't care much for it. it made him feel quite awkward. he needed cromwell's...
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>> i don't pay a lot of attention to religion in the book. when i was trying to think where to begin i have an early section of the book in which i guess what i consider the white male version of philosophy which i think a lot of people hold strongly to that to read whatever is going on the cultural politics and really the philosophy is a great white males. so i give that tradition i start with emmerson and james and declining and so on and then later i try to open up, you know, the tent by writing about a lot of women philosophers from clearly officials once and then writers like ayn rand but i never give much base to religion and decided not to start with jonathan edwards who is a technical beginning point for american intellectual history. i almost want to say read that section of the book but there is a certain closed mindedness that comes with a religious standpoint that i feel was and difficult to philosophy not always. i naturally somebody very separate from hitchens for instance in the way that i've felt in my life with religious thin
>> i don't pay a lot of attention to religion in the book. when i was trying to think where to begin i have an early section of the book in which i guess what i consider the white male version of philosophy which i think a lot of people hold strongly to that to read whatever is going on the cultural politics and really the philosophy is a great white males. so i give that tradition i start with emmerson and james and declining and so on and then later i try to open up, you know, the tent...